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CuntWaffle
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I thought Celtics could push the series to 6 but this is probably over at 4
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Celts take game two. Cavs win 3 and 4. Cs salvage 5. Cavs in a rout in game six.
Long live the King.
If the Cavs win game two, you're right.
Stevens is a good coach who makes needed adjustments. Boston has some tough guys like Crowder, Bradley, and Smart. Isaiah will have at least one huge game.
And don't limit it to 'everyone on this board'. There are aborigines without internet access who hate Seattle just as much, I'm sure.
Also within a short distance from the city limits are the Castle Air Museum, Lake Yosemite, and Merced Falls. Merced is also the headquarters of Malibu Boats, a manufacturer of inboard boats. The city of Merced along with its surrounding cities are serviced by the Merced Sun-Star and the Merced County Times. The Sun-Star daily newspaper has a circulation of over 20,000 in the Merced area and the Times weekly newspaper has a circulation of over 5,000.
Main Street in Merced California
Homes at the median level in Merced have lost 62% of their value from the second quarter of 2006, when they peaked at $336,743, the biggest drop anywhere in the country, according to data provided to Forbes by Local Market Monitor, a Cary, North-Carolina-based real-estate research firm. Earlier, home building and buying grew exponentially in Merced, but the metro still suffers from an elevated 14.2% unemployment rate (Dec 2013)[10] according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
During the Great Recession Merced suffered one of the greatest property price collapses in the country and house prices at the end of 2009 had returned to 1998 levels, according to Zillow, making housing affordable compared to many other California locations. Merced's population has grown faster than the state average since 1980. Over the past nine years, the annualized growth rate is about 3.4%. This rapid expansion of population has stimulated significant retail growth since 1992. Several major retail chain stores have entered Merced, adding over 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of new retail space in that time and increasing the City's sales tax receipts by over $500,000 annually.
The economy has traditionally relied upon agribusiness and upon the presence of Castle Air Force Base. Over the past twenty years, more diversified industry has entered the area, including printing, fiberglass boat building, warehousing and distribution, and packaging industries.
In September 1995, Castle Air Force Base closed after phasing down over the previous three years. This has affected residential real estate and some sectors of the retail and service economies, but overall retail has continued to increase. No significant increase in unemployment has been noted. Re-use of the former base is actively proceeding. Industrial development is increasing in the area.
Since 1992, more than 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) of new industrial activity has started. In May 1995, Merced was selected as the home of the next University of California campus. UC Merced opened with its first 1,000 students in September 2005. Local planning is underway to accommodate campus development, which will eventually accommodate about 25,000 students.
History[edit]
The first Merced post office opened in 1870.[11] Merced incorporated in 1889[11] and now operates under the Council-Manager form of government.
A plaque marking the site of the Merced Assembly Center.
During World War II, the Merced County fairgrounds was the site of a temporary "assembly center" where Japanese Americans were detained after being removed from their West Coast homes under Executive Order 9066. 4,669 men, women and children from central California (with most coming from Merced County) were confined in the Merced Assembly Center from May 6 to September 15, 1942, when they were transferred to the more permanent Granada internment camp in Colorado.[12]
Transportation[edit]
Major highways near Merced
Major highways[edit]
California 59.svg State Route 59
California 99.svg State Route 99
California 140.svg State Route 140
Air[edit]
Merced Regional Airport. Passenger service provided by Boutique Air.
Castle Airport in nearby Atwater, California.
Bus[edit]
Greyhound, Intercalifornias, TUFESA and Fronteras del Norte serve Merced.
YARTS provides scheduled service into Yosemite National Park.
Merced County Transit, "The Bus", operates both regularly scheduled fixed route bus service and Dial-A-Ride (demand response) transportation services throughout Merced County.
Cattracks is UC Merced's bus service, which connects students, staff and faculty at the university to off-campus apartments, the off-campus Castle facilities, local amenities, the Amtrak station, and the downtown area.
Rail[edit]
Amtrak San Joaquin provides passenger service.[13]
Map of proposed route, also including the proposed Desert Xpress to Las Vegas
California High-Speed Rail[edit]
Officials of the California High-Speed Rail Authority say a flat, straight stretch through the San Joaquin Valley connecting Merced and Bakersfield will likely be the first completed. Regional Manager Thomas Tracy told the Visalia City Council that the 800-mile (1,300 km) project will be built in eight phases. The first segment, due by 2015, would stretch from Bakersfield to Merced on an initial run from San Diego to Sacramento. At its full 220 mph speed, the normally three-hour car trip from Merced to Bakersfield would take 45 minutes.[citation needed]
Sample trips in the California High Speed rail would include:
Merced to Sacramento – 43 minutes
Merced to San Jose – 45 minutes
Merced to San Francisco – 1 hour and 15 minutes
Merced to Los Angeles – 1 hour and 40 minutes
The Celtics window is this year's #1 + next year's #1 + Bradley/Brown + Hayward + ???
If you are Danny Ainge right now there's no way you can pay IT the max ... it'd be a terrible contract
Guys who finish at the top of the scoring charts are max contract guys.
Guys who lead their team to #1 seeds are max contract guys.